Determinants of off-farm work and its effects on farm performance: The case of Norwegian grain farmers

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 577-586

  Lien, Gudbrand ^a   Kumbhakar, Subal C ^b   Hardaker, J Brian ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Endogeneity; Norwegian agriculture; Off farm work; Panel data; Performance; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY APPROACH;

NORWAY;

EID: 78649509351     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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